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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-10

WANTED-AT ONCE A RELIABLE
w man TO take orders for choice Nursery stock
good pay, steady work. outfit free; 10 experience
nee ded. JAMES Z. WHITNEY,
f9-dlm Nurserymen. Rochester, n. Y.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
TRANSFERS.

]. Voorhees, to @. S Fsrra1, 40 feet
front on the west side of Desoto street,
IS feet north of Vsnoe, by 104 10 II in
depth; Colsi derstioh, two notes sg-
gregating $2500, drawn by j. voorhees,
in favor OF Farrsu and past due, and
oue note for $1,000 due in 80 days
drawn by Faran in favor Of Voor-
heee.
John ]. Freeman and wife to Mrs.
Ella Alley, lots 2, 3 and of Freeman's
subdivision, on the fernando road,
between McLemore and Trigg ave-
nue. consideration, $500 In cash and
two notes for $500 each, payable in
one and two years, and secured by
lien. ;A
E E. Meacham 10 Charles G. Myers,
lots Nos. IA and Is, on the corner OF
fernando road and Roanoke avenue
consideration, $l235 "a, one.third each,
balance secured by lien, and due in
six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four
months.
Charles G.. Myers to Malcolm NJ.
Gilchrist, same as above; considera-
ton, $l400 cash in hand.
Malcolm M. Gilchrist to Mrs. Thos.
Hunter, half interest in same; con-
sideration, 500 cash in hand.
Mrs. 1. E. Cochran to J. s. Gallo
way, 38 acres on NJ. and L plank road,
Eiehteeuth District; consideration,
| $780,
John J. Freeu an and wife to T. T.
Humphreys, lots II and 1907 Free
mans subdivision, on fernando road
cons daration, $1,000.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
LADY DAY.

This will be lady day at the Mem
phis Jockey Club Race course, and as
q result II is confidently predicted the
attendance will be as large as on Tues
day. A great many favorites have
been entered for the five races adver-
tised, and betting last night was
spirited. The Zouaves are TO give q
dress parade which will, no doubt, be
an interesting advertisement and
prove an additional attraction. The
tally.ho whose merry horn has during
the week been an inspiration to
thousands, will make its usual t'ur
along the delightful highways that
lead to the handsomest, best arranged
and best kept ,.racs grounds in The
country. We congratulate Dol. Mont
gomery, who will ss usual hold the
ribbonp, on the most signal series Of
successes In Southern turf annals.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
Goop TEsrIMONY.

The Rabbits Of the Eastern States, q
body Of scholarly divine,, recently in
conference in New York, unanimously
adopted q set OF resolutions offered by
DR.. wintner, expressing profound re-
greet for the death OF Henry Ward
Bstcher. "ths illustrious divine, the
foremost preacher in the Christian
Church, the world famed orator,
patriot aud humanitarian" The
force Of words can no farther go than
this. They are fitting eulogy Of the
man who has left his impress upon
the age, and who more than any other
was the spoSlle Of justice, OF liberty, OF
individual freedom and personal &C.
countability and responsibility.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
DECORATION DAY.

The people of many Of the towns
and cities OF the South are, during
these bslmy and inviting days OF
spring, observing custom that must
not be permitted TO die out, at least by
this generation. They are dec
Grating the graves Of the Con-
iederate dead with flowers, and
are thus paying beautiful tribute to
valor aud heroism. The surviving
Coniede rate soldiers in Memphis have
always honorcd this custom, and
the women whose sympathies are deep
have never failed to revive tie MEM
cries of the gallant men who gave
their lives for the South. This year
will, we assume, be no exec ption. The
Confederate mothers will no
doubt take early action in the matter,
and the Confederate Soldiers Associa'
ton appoint the necessary commit
tees, select an orator and name day
when the heroes who sleep in Elm
wood, from Gen. Forrest to the hum
blest drummer boy, may be com
memorated and their graves be Gov
cred with f)vers.
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the PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Are, alter all that Ia said and done, the
real measure Of the progress as we'll
as intelligence OF State. Florida,
which has been growing with unex-
ampled rapidity and has for the past
ten years had boom OF its own,
makes an educational exhibit that sur
passes her fruit crops in interest.
Mr.. Russsll, State Superintendent OF
Public Education, announces that his
forthcoming report for last year will
show an increase in the number OF
schools from 1904 in 1884 to 1924 in 1885
and 1882 in 1856, with correspond.
ing increase in the enrolment aud sv-
erage attendance. BEST Of ALL" he
concludes, "Lhe people OF Florida are
doing it all themselves, without any
aid from any outside source" There
is a good deal Of the right kind Of
pride in this. But suppose Florida
had national aid to the amount
of a million Of dollavs-what q
boom there would be in schools.
Instead of an increase Of $50
schools in four years there would
be an instant increase equal to the de
ma1ds Of the people aud enough 10
assure ten months schooling every
year to every child in Florida State
pride is q good thing, but let US have
little Federal aid.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
snHNARnEL RELEASED.

1t is good news that comes to us
from Paris this morning, good news for
the people Of France and Germany
especially. Commissary Schnaebel is
to be released today, Count Bismarck
being inclined to admit that his arrest
was irregular and contrary to the
Franco. German frontier convention OF
1877. Thus war has again been
avoided. But another wound has
been inflicted on France, an unneces-
sary wound vindictively and brutally
inflicted, that leaves ranking feel
ing Of hatred and detestation OF the
Germans and intensifies the hope OF
a day in the near future when re-
venge may be sttempted-a revenge
that may wipe out the capture and
march through Paris Of the German
army, the browning Of the German
Emperor at Versailles and the con
quest Of Alssce-Lorraine.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
oLEvELANDfS CALIFORNIA.

The San Francisco Alta California
publishes an interview between Mr..
Newland and Mr.. Justice Field, in the
course OF which the latter declared
himself out OF the Presidential race
and quite Satisfied that Mr.. Cleveland
will be the only available candidate OF
the Democratic party at the next ma
tional convention, and Mr.. Newland,
acquiescing in this and speaking for
himself, states that he fuds every.
where In the East the same sentiment
expressed, even among those politi-
clans who are most dissatisfied with
the Presidents refusal to recognise
their pretended elaine. The Ala Cdli-
toynia believes this to be q pretty cor.
rect reading Of the signs Of the times.
"There is." 1t sayr, 20 public senti-
msnt which, is above politicians aud
which controls them. Throughout the
country there is growing confidence
in the purposes Of the present admin
istration and In the methods by which
they are carried out; and the pol
itIcians are beginning to feel thai
they cannot safely refuse reCogni
ton to this sentiment. Naturally
those who prefer to live by politics in
both parties would prefer to parody
the Jeffersonian principle, and tC
make the United States government
Of the people by the politicians ant
for the politicians; but for the dis
appointed office seeker, the body O
the people cares little. What the pee
Pile want 10 a safe government, an
with President Cleveland as the e1
ecutivo head they feel that the admir-
istrstion OF our public affairs is SAT
d The "workers' may rebel at heart, br
u theJ will not openly defy the popul'
x approval Of the course Of the presel
i administration and the public sent
. msnt which demands that he be give
> an opportunity, by a second electio
y to carry to successful issue the mar
70 reforms which he has so happily /
.. aueurated." Thus the California D
VI mooracy wheels into line and clos
/" the column that, reaching from the I
cisc to the Atlantic, is enthusiasticsl
for the denomination and re,electi
of Mr.. Cleveland. The Democrats
~ the United Staei are unanimous
," their demand that Cleveland 'sh
~ serve a second term, and. he cam
gay them nav.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
THE DUMMY LINE.

II there Is one thing more than an
other that Is needed in Memphis 1t is
q park-a great public park, to'which
the people may have access on sun-
days, especially in summer during the
long hot days, when it is relief to get
out to the leafy woods for Q breath OF
fresh air. The Chickasaw Land Com
pauy proposes to lay out such park
and give II to the people, and to make
IL easily accessible desire to build q
dummy railroad, in the cars Of which
they may get to it on schedule time.
We understand there Is some opposi-
ton TO this line, which Is to run out
Desoto street as the most available OF
the city highways running south. Why
this opposition we cannot see. THERE'S
only to be one line Of track and the
roadway Ia to be widened by reduc-
ton of the sidewalks to their former
width. 1t will be nothing more than
a street car line with dummy
engine that will be noiseless and run
at rate Of speed within the city
limits not any faster than that attained
by the ordinary horse car. No objec'
ton has hitherto been offered to them
Wherever they run they build up ant
increase the population and numbe
of dwellings and factories for tho com
Portable life and living Of the masses
The dummy line will do this on
more liberal scale than has Ger bee
known in Memphis. While maxim
mo- ey FORTS owners 1t will make con
forts for the people and help them
relieve the heats Of summer Of the h
dunn and discomforts from which on
the rich and well.to do can flee. II
dummy road is TO be a peoples roa
There is to be free park at the end
it, and that means recreation In
delightful resort.
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II the reader will recall the latitude
of Calcutta and its peculiar popula.
ton he will be convinced at once Of
the value Of the sanitary work done
by the British authorities to keep
down the death rate to that Of New
York, in Q higher latitude and with
advantages that Calcutta cannot hope
for in a century, II ever. New York
is one Of the dirtiest cities In the
world, bounded by three eesspools
into which is smptied every day the
dejecia of 100000 people. These
death rates tell the story Of dirt and
disease and Of the great benefit that
comes, especially to the struggling
poor, from every day sanitary work,
which means cltsn streets IS we'll as
clean houses. Here In Memphis our
authorities do not think so. 0btuse
and bigoted to the degree OF intensity
that comts OF besotted and willful ig-
norsnce, they never have the streets
swept aud seldom sciaped. They like
the pulverized msnure that finds its
way to the morning steak and eggs
and carries, there is no knowing what
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
Gamblers Leaving by the Hun
dFeds-The Law on Top.
IsPnOIAL TO rHR APPEAL.l

Hot SPRINGS, ARK, April 2S.-Hot
Springs ha, been making the gambling
eleme 1t who iniest that valley as thick
as 1t Is said fiddlers are In eternity
mark time" 30 disgpstingly
continuous for the past ten days that
they are pouring out OF town like
rats leaving sinking ship. Monday
twenty-five OF them were permitted to
leave there in order to save Police
Court fine for having been arrested Sat.
urday. Many OF them have come here,
The authorities Of the Springs are de-
termined to enforce the law concern
ing gambling and the selling Of whis'
Ky, and that city Is now more under
the control OF law and order than 1t
has ever been in it's existence before,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
SIKH Race.

Quite an interesting handicap
hurdle race closed the days sport, the
distance being one mile and quarter,
five hurdles. The entries were April
Fool, ridden by Gross; Burr Oaks, by
Kinney; Hop Sing, by Huston, and
Clsude Brsanon, by Levy. At the
first hurdle.C aude BranLon threw his
rider and gslloped around the track
three times, taking every hurdle, and
coming in ahead Of all the other
horses. At the three-quarter mile
hurdle Hop Sings rider also tumbled,
aad the rest Of the race was run by
April Fool and Burr Oak, the former
winning handsomely by few lengths
Tme-2:20t. In about five minutes
Hop Sing came in under the string
Huston having remounted, and fin
ishing the race in order to save thirC
money!,
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entries were sAustriana. ridden by
Godfrey; Ovid, by MCCARTHY; Wary,
by Covington Right Away, by Gar.
rison. and VolcaSo, by Blsylock. It
was Gaston's Hotel stake for three year
olds; distance, one mile and one.
sixteenth. When the start was secured
Ovid had the lead, closely followed by
Wary, Austriana Right Away and
Volcano in the order mentioned.
Passing under the grand stand and
under the string, the only change in
positions was that Volcano took
fourth, giving Ri9htaway fifth place.
At the quarter mile pole there was no
change, but at the half mile post,
Right Away got fourth place aud Vol
cano brought up the rear. There was
some foe running along the back
stretch and mp the hill to the quarter
post. where the white jacket and cap
OF Ovid's rider showed we'll to the
front as before, Wary following
closely, Right Away third, Aus.
triana fourth and Volcano fifth.
Around the turn, Wary
caught o vid, and a rafting race vas
had down the homestretch for first
place, but Wary wa, determined to
win ond beat the crscks, and came
under the string winner by a length
and half, Ovid second, two lengths
ahead of Right Away; Volcano fourth
and Ausiriana fifth. The failure OF
Right Away to win created a senta
ton In racing circles, and to be beaten
hv q h0rsa that u 90 olonod OF On N
by the bookmakers could not be IN
derstood. He vas evidently held back
for the finish, but when the time came
he failed to respond to whip and spur
and gave way. Time-l 1851.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29

There will he Ave races today and
all of a very in eresting character, and
among them two heat aces. The en-
tries, weights ant pools sold last night
are "a follows:
FirstRdcs -Three-qratter mile heste.
Rio G,aude, 1OO,sl5 Dancing Kid, lO4,
So; RoIe- E4stmsD, 96, 81; Poll
Levi, So, Sl1; Thrift, So, 81
Second Rdce.-Thrtequarter mile
heats. Hibernia, "a, So; Sam Harper
50, Sll; Mamie Hunt, l04, $40 KipQ
Rbbin, SO, $17; Donovan, 80, 81
Vivian, So, 81
Third RIce.-Mile and a quarter
Favor, l2l, $40; ElQin, 121 ~; Gov
Bate, ia, So; Ovid, 81, $40
Fourth Race Mile sDd an ei0h b
ira Z Buda, 10l, 81; Brown Duke
ia, 1926: Phil lie, III. NO.
Fifth Race Mile seIliog. Oafh"ar'
1Ol, SO, Biddy Bowling, lN2, $40
Briiliant, 1Ol 50; Handy Andy, 81
$40; Vim Nave, 81, SO; Phil Lewis
IO4. S1n T. una Ha-ler 1l6 S.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-29
THE COLORED PEOPLE


OF Virginia and Florida are not given
over to societies" as they are in
Memphis and other places in this Sec
ton. They are, like those Of Arkan-
sas, who last year made so crsditsble
an exhibition at Pine Bluff, showing
what they eau do in the way OF In
dustrial progress. Only q few weeks
ago the first colored State fair in Flori-
da was held at Jacksonville, affording
the most satisfactory and convincing
evidence Of the progress and the will
and purpose OF the negroes Of the
peninsula to do even better. Mr.. Al
bert ]. Russell, superintendent Of Pub
Ito Instruction Of that 8 ate for some
years past, delivered the opening ad-
dress, and congratulated his hearers
upon the fact that the colored peopls
had Just report I'D the raising Of funds
which assured the establishment of an
industrial school for the training OF
their boys and girls in knowle lge OF
tools aud the trades. How much
better this than Societies" with
out practical meaning or purpose
and which are so severe tax
upon their members; which lead to
idleness, thriftlsssn sss aud shiftless-
ness, and often dru nkenness and de-
bauchey. Perhaps the colored pso'
pie vi Florida know hon this is them
selves. Perhaps they havs had their
surieit OF tinsel and feathers, of swords
and gswgaws and braying brass bands,
and finding it "timplin cymbal and
teun' O. brass" turn to the school, to
p tactical education, as the only sure
source of relief. And so it is in Vir-
ginia. The negroes of that State have
Just held an industrial convention at
Richmond that was remarkable for
the assurances given of progress by the
race and OF its determination to forego
drunks nness and the reckless aud
spendthrift habits that keep the
noses OF 50 many negroes to
the grindstone. As the New
York Herald says, the NEGRO is being
inc culated with the vim, the spirit oil
enterprise, the Iowa Of commercial ad
venture, which are Transforming every
Southern State into the enterprise ul
rival OF every Northern State. Tit
Southern air is sat urated with exhil
aration, and during the mex
two or thres re nerations GU
neighbors down yonder will Civ
us good pull. They are doing thei
best to catch up with us, and whel
tliey have done that We shall 20 on IL
the race neck and neck. The negr,
has seen that there is something Of
foot and is claiming his share Of goo'
things. He Ia leasing or buying land
looking moro carefully after his wage
and his savings, talking about plow
} aud vegetables and crops and mules
, aud coming to the happy conclusion
: that the future has something in stor
/ 70, him. Thai is very healthy stat
: OF affairs. These are glorious days
1 live in. In about one hundred veal
: from now this country will be ver
;, interesting study, We must try
a live until 1887"
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Fifth RaceI

Seven fine entries made this race a
most attractive one. They were as
follows: Eva K, ridden by Turner;
Miss Goodrich, by Covington; Blue
Line, by Vincent; Phil Lewis, by
Church Shadow. by Hogan; Revoke,
by Godfrey, and Biddy Bowling, by
McCarty. The distance was seven
furlopg,. Starting fairly we'll Blue
Line took the lead, with Miss Good
rich second, Phil Lewis third, Revoke
fourth, Eva K. fifth, Biddy Bowling
sixth and Shadow seventh. No change
was apparent as they passed the quar-
ter mile post, but at the half mile Eva
K. fell back to sixth and Biddy Bowl
ing secured fifth in conse quence.
Blue Line was still leading hand
somely, but as the horses took the
hill leading up to three quarter post,
Revoke made a gallant rush from
fourth place and rapidly passing Phil
Lewis and Miss Goodrich caught up
with Blue Line and the struggle
opened for the finish, but Revoke
was not to bs denied aud came in a
winner by length; Blue Line second,
Shadow third, Phil Lewis fourth, Miss
Goodrich fifth, Biddy Bowling sixth
and Eva X seventh. Time-1 1929.
A foul was claimed by Hogan, who
rode Shadow, claiming that Revoke
got in his front in the finish, but the
claim was dsallowed. Under the
termsof the race Revoke was sold after
the race, the owner becoming the pur'
chsssr a. &1505.
It may bs ofsome interest 10 know
that on the fourth day Of the Memphis
1 spring NEE ting OF last wear Revoke
won the New Gsyoso Hotel sweep
axes, mile and furlong, beating
the iavorite, Ultmatum, and Lucas
Phil Lewis, w. Z. Woodward, Nc
Bowling, Spalding and Princess. In
that race Revoke was not thought O.
until the race down the stretch began
when. he showed remarkable speed,
running seemingly without effort and
winning al a gsllop.
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First Race.

The opening race was for a purse OF
$3.50, for all sges, distance seven fur
longs, and for which the following fly
ers were. entered: Alfred, ridden by
Jones; Souvenir, by Sedgely; Rsturn-
ing Board, by Adams HlDernis, by
Covingten; Roy Boy, by Decker;
Tony Pastor, by Barnes, and Watch
EN-, by Elkie. In the pools and
with the bookmakers Alfred and
Souvenir were the favorltes, and Hi
hernia third choice. A good start
was secured, and the seven horses
sprang of we'll punched, the fsvorites
in the front, Souvenir leading, with
Hibernia second, Alfred third, Tony
Pastor fourth, Roy Boy fifth and
Watch EN- sixth. AT the quarter post
Alfred took second place, Hibernia
dropping hack to fourth. Roy Boy
secured third, Tony Pastor fifth, while
Watch EN- kept the closing place. AT
the half mile post few unimp0rtant
changes were made. Returning B ard
secured fourth place from Hibernia;
who fell back to sixth, and Tony Pas
tor ran up to third. This created
some surprise, a1d great interest be-
gan to be felt in the result, the favo'
rites apparently bsing ia daa-
ger. The other portions re-
NAMED pretty much the s5me,
but the changes that we're made
had no effect upon the race. Goiug
up the hill to the quarter mile
sho we'd Alfred falling back to third
position, Souvenir still leading, and
much to the surprise OF everybody
Tony Pastor was seen to move up rap
idly and take second place with the
greatest ease. This caused great cheer
ing for Pastor from the grand stand
and grounds. Returning Board hello
fourth place and Roy Boy fifth. Arount
the turn the horses swept rapidly a nc
stripging out somewhat, and coming
into the homestretch Tony Pastor wal
epeu neck and neck with Souvenir
The timber was seen to rise and fall a
the rush was made for the string, snC
amid deafenipg shouts Tony Paste
passed under winner by two lengths
Souvenir second and three length
ahead OF Roy Boy; Hibernia fourth
Alfred fifth, Returning Board sixth
and Watch EN- still in the seventI
and last place, from which command
ing position he literally watched 'em
, ali ground the track. Hme-l:32. A
a tulfman said, Souvenir was too ligt
to win; the randy track slipped froI
, under her, while the heavy hors
Tony Pastor, dug into il and plunge
ahead to win the race.
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LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Rev. Sam Johnson, COIOred, the Oily
Preacher, In n Hot BOx-The
Htnte Press Convention.
IsPHs1AL To TIE APPEAL.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 2S.-Wor-
shippers at the East Second street
colored church, this city, have been
enjoying a ieas. the past few days, in
the way of investigating their pastor,
Sam Johnson by name, who was ar
rested at Texarkaua some days
ago in company with single sister
who had heretofore stood high as
a member Of the congregation. John
son hast family in this city, and Gays
he accidentally met the glrl at Tex
arkaua; but when he was brought
back to Little Rock Monday his wife
endeavored to shoot the willy preach
or and, 1t is said, ordered him to never
put foot in her house again. The
girls name is Lille Webster, II
years old, almost white, and hat
been the organist Of the church 10,
some time past, The sisters OF tbs
congregation are standing shoulder II
shoulder with Mr.. johnson, but thu
Bishops and T. deIs who are weighing
the evidence against him, it is claim
ed, will "do Sam up" before they le
him 60.
Ali arrangements have been per
fe ted for entertaining the Arkansa
Press Association at their regular an
nual convention here next week. Th
convention will meet Wednesday, an
after going through the regular rou
tine business, those who desire will &
on an excursion to Mammoth Gave
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